France should apologise for the
French-led airstrikes on Libya that helped topple dictator
Muammar Gheddafi in 2011, the consequences of which Italy is
still paying for in terms of migrant flows, Transport Minister
Danilo Toninelli said Friday.
Toninelli is a senior member of the anti-establishment
populist 5-Star Movement (M5S), whose leaders met with Yellow
Vests members in Paris Tuesday and sparked a diplomatic crisis
in which France recalled its ambassador.
"France committed a serious mistake in 2011 and we are still
paying the consequences of it, we Italians principally," said
Toninelli.
"It's a pity they don't say sorry," he said while adding
"there is no clash with France...it's a friendly people".
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